Nature Reviews Materials

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Materials is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery1420
Room-temperature phosphorescence from organic aggregates892
Bioplastics for a circular economy711
Fundamentals, status and promise of sodium-based batteries594
Engineering organoids554
Tailoring inorganic–polymer composites for the mass production of solid-state batteries480
Engineered biomaterials for in situ tissue regeneration476
Targeted drug delivery strategies for precision medicines450
Polymer photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical energy conversion417
End-to-end design of wearable sensors408
Risk assessment of microplastic particles389
Mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of gradient nanostructured metals and alloys388
Solid-state nanopore sensors375
Soft actuators for real-world applications359
Nanofluidics for osmotic energy conversion332
Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties321
Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices309
Gas diffusion electrodes and membranes for CO2 reduction electrolysers308
Polarons in materials301
The marvels of moiré materials293
Deep neural networks for the evaluation and design of photonic devices293
Artificial channels for confined mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale288
Non-metallic charge carriers for aqueous batteries285
Nonreciprocity in acoustic and elastic materials265
Production routes to tailor the performance of cellulose nanocrystals264
Multifunctional biomolecule nanostructures for cancer therapy253
Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers253
Machine learning for alloys250
Metallurgy, mechanistic models and machine learning in metal printing249
Emerging applications of zeolites in catalysis, separation and host–guest assembly246
The surface of halide perovskites from nano to bulk246
Phase transitions in 2D materials246
Confining isolated atoms and clusters in crystalline porous materials for catalysis238
Molecular imaging and disease theranostics with renal-clearable optical agents234
Designing modern aqueous batteries232
A materials-science perspective on tackling COVID-19230
Synthetic amorphous silica nanoparticles: toxicity, biomedical and environmental implications229
Electrode material–ionic liquid coupling for electrochemical energy storage228
Biomaterial-based antimicrobial therapies for the treatment of bacterial infections226
The passivity of lithium electrodes in liquid electrolytes for secondary batteries222
Quantum guidelines for solid-state spin defects220
Nanoparticle synthesis assisted by machine learning219
Colloidal quantum dot lasers218
Analogue computing with metamaterials217
Design of therapeutic biomaterials to control inflammation216
Materials design by synthetic biology214
Engineered living biomaterials213
Hydrogel interfaces for merging humans and machines213
Electrical doping in halide perovskites211
Dynamical memristors for higher-complexity neuromorphic computing208
The fundamentals and applications of ferroelectric HfO2208
The germanium quantum information route205
Low-dimensional wide-bandgap semiconductors for UV photodetectors204
Advances in coherent magnonics204
The global rise of 3D printing during the COVID-19 pandemic203
Reducing environmental plastic pollution by designing polymer materials for managed end-of-life203
Flexible self-charging power sources201
Molecular engineering of contact interfaces for high-performance perovskite solar cells196
Functional nanoparticles through π-conjugated polymer self-assembly195
Extracellular vesicles versus synthetic nanoparticles for drug delivery190
A reticular chemistry guide for the design of periodic solids189
The kinetics of metal oxide photoanodes from charge generation to catalysis185
From molecular to supramolecular electronics184
Status and perspectives of crystalline silicon photovoltaics in research and industry181
Transition-metal coordinate bonds for bioinspired macromolecules with tunable mechanical properties172
The role of polymer mechanochemistry in responsive materials and additive manufacturing167
Electronic defects in metal oxide photocatalysts166
Anisotropic reticular chemistry164
3D-printed multifunctional materials enabled by artificial-intelligence-assisted fabrication technologies160
Electronic-structure methods for twisted moiré layers160
Material properties and applications of mechanically interlocked polymers156
Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles155
Emerging materials intelligence ecosystems propelled by machine learning154
Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis153
Designing spatial and temporal control of vaccine responses150
Organic batteries for a greener rechargeable world150
Methane transformation by photocatalysis143
Passive, active and endogenous organ-targeted lipid and polymer nanoparticles for delivery of genetic drugs141
Engineered disorder in photonics141
Fibre-based composites from the integration of metal–organic frameworks and polymers141
Defect activity in metal halide perovskites with wide and narrow bandgap140
Collagen: quantification, biomechanics and role of minor subtypes in cartilage139
Topological acoustics136
Processing and application of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors132
A roadmap for the commercialization of perovskite light emitters131
Dynamic and reconfigurable materials from reversible network interactions129
Soft wearable devices for deep-tissue sensing128
Engineered platforms for topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes123
Nanostructuring versus microstructuring in battery electrodes121
Excitonic devices with van der Waals heterostructures: valleytronics meets twistronics118
Anomalous Hall antiferromagnets115
The protein corona from nanomedicine to environmental science113
Stability challenges for the commercialization of perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells112
Drug delivery to the central nervous system112
Materials, physics and systems for multicaloric cooling109
Ferroelectric domain walls for nanotechnology108
Engineering high-coherence superconducting qubits106
Pushing the limit of 3d transition metal-based layered oxides that use both cation and anion redox for energy storage105
Machine learning for a sustainable energy future105
Long-term operating stability in perovskite photovoltaics102
Two-dimensional material inks100
Responsive materials architected in space and time99
Weyl, Dirac and high-fold chiral fermions in topological quantum matter98
Electrochemical ion insertion from the atomic to the device scale97
Exploiting the paddle-wheel mechanism for the design of fast ion conductors96
Emerging exciton physics in transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers95
Machine learning in combinatorial polymer chemistry93
Highly efficient perovskite LEDs92
Lithium-film ceramics for solid-state lithionic devices89
Oxide spin-orbitronics: spin–charge interconversion and topological spin textures85
The electrical conductivity of solution-processed nanosheet networks85
Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks84
Electrostatic gating and intercalation in 2D materials83
Atomically precise control in the design of low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts83
Ferroelectric order in van der Waals layered materials82
Organelle-level precision with next-generation targeting technologies82
Total synthesis of colloidal matter81
Mining our green future80
Increasing the size and complexity of discrete 2D metallosupramolecules79
Semitransparent organic photovoltaics for building-integrated photovoltaic applications79
Topological materials discovery from crystal symmetry78
Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines76
Let’s talk about lipid nanoparticles73
Innovations to decarbonize materials industries72
Clinical translation of long-acting drug delivery formulations70
Insight into the structures and dynamics of organic semiconductors through solid-state NMR spectroscopy69
Hydration-induced reversible deformation of biological materials68
Plasma pyrolysis for a sustainable hydrogen economy67
Understanding ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters at work61
Recycling of sodium-ion batteries60
Autonomous materials systems from active liquid crystals60
Functionalizing DNA origami to investigate and interact with biological systems57
Nanoreactors for particle synthesis56
Photonic van der Waals integration from 2D materials to 3D nanomembranes56
Materials challenges for trapped-ion quantum computers56
Materials for extreme environments56
Materials for chiral light control53
Regulating trained immunity with nanomedicine53
Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials53
Materials control of the epigenetics underlying cell plasticity52
In situ self-assembly for cancer therapy and imaging50
Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells50
Knowledge-integrated machine learning for materials: lessons from gameplaying and robotics49
The future of near-field communication-based wireless sensing47
3D-printed PEDOT:PSS for soft robotics47
Materials and devices for immersive virtual reality47
The multifaceted potential applications of organic photovoltaics46
Mucosa-interfacing electronics45
Phase-pure two-dimensional layered perovskite thin films44
Human- and machine-centred designs of molecules and materials for sustainability and decarbonization42
Rare-earth recycling needs market intervention42
Understanding electrified interfaces41
Polymeric particle-based therapies for acute inflammatory diseases41
Solutions to plastic pollution41
Two-dimensional diamonds from sp2-to-sp3 phase transitions38
Clinical translation of nanoparticles for neural stimulation36
Biointerface design for vertical nanoprobes36
Peptide-based liquid droplets as emerging delivery vehicles34
Design, fabrication and assembly considerations for electronic systems made of fibre devices33
Sustainable flexible supercapacitors31
System of sequences in multivariate reticular structures30
A guide to comprehensive phosphor discovery for solid-state lighting30
Chemistry and materials science for a sustainable circular polymeric economy30
Organ chips, organoids and the animal testing conundrum30
Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells29
A materials physics perspective on structure–processing–function relations in blends of organic semiconductors29
Reactions in single-molecule junctions28
From lipids to lipid nanoparticles to mRNA vaccines28
High-entropy ferroelectric materials28
A sustainable future for plastics considering material safety and preserved value28
A framework for developing sex-specific engineered heart models28
Visible-light-driven polymerization towards the green synthesis of plastics26
A plea for the efficient use of wood in construction25
Towards micro-PeLED displays25
Bespoke crystalline hybrids towards the next generation of white LEDs25
Emerging ultrafast techniques for studying quantum materials24
Fluorination in advanced battery design24
Simulations in the era of exascale computing22
Host responses to implants revealed by intravital microscopy22
Regulation of biological processes by intrinsically chiral engineered materials21
Methylammonium-free wide-bandgap metal halide perovskites for tandem photovoltaics20
High-entropy materials go nano20
Biomaterial-based platforms for tumour tissue engineering20
New opportunities and old challenges in the clinical translation of nanotheranostics19
Light-emitting materials for wearable electronics19
Colourful liquid metals19
Reproducible, high-performance perovskite solar cells19
Printed transistors made of 2D material-based inks19
Author Correction: Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery18
A world without electronic waste18
Extracellular vesicle–matrix interactions18
Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices18
Co-catalytic metal–support interactions in single-atom electrocatalysts17
Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics16
Autonomous experiments using active learning and AI15
Lasting impact of lipid nanoparticles15
High-entropy materials for energy and electronic applications15
New directions and dimensions for bioengineered models of fibrosis15
Materials, assemblies and reaction systems under rotation15
COVID-19 highlights the model dilemma in biomedical research14
Machine learning methods to model multicellular complexity and tissue specificity14
Vapour-phase deposition of two-dimensional layered chalcogenides14
InP colloidal quantum dots for visible and near-infrared photonics14
Automated synthesis and characterization techniques for solar fuel production14
Perspectives on disparities in scientific visibility13
A new resolution quest in electron microscopy13
We exist. We are your peers.13
Advancing pressure-sensitive adhesives for internal wound closure12
Clinical translation of metal–organic frameworks12
The role of single-protein elasticity in mechanobiology11
Rethinking biochar: black gold or not?11
Lightwave electronics in condensed matter11
Biobased materials for sustainable printed circuit boards10
Anti-Black racism in academia and what you can do about it10
Human and environmental safety of carbon nanotubes across their life cycle10
Organic mixed conductors for bioinspired electronics10
Engineered living materials for sustainable and resilient architecture10
The need to recognize and reward academic service10
Computational sustainability meets materials science9
Raw materials for a truly green future9
COP26: green technologies could turn the tide9
Ancestry of cells must be considered in bioengineering9
Nebulized lipid nanoparticles8
Responsive biomaterials: optimizing control of cancer immunotherapy8
Challenges in the rational design of intense inorganic pigments with desired colours8
Plastics give and plastics take8
Some transformations happen within7
Perovskite–organic tandem solar cells7
Artificially intelligent nanopore for rapid SARS-CoV-2 testing6
Ultra-high temperature ceramics for extreme environments6
Advanced smart materials for preserving concrete heritage buildings6
Building a virtual community to support and celebrate the success of Latinx scientists6
Engineering biomaterials to tailor the microenvironment for macrophage–endothelium interactions6
Nanoparticle transport in plants6
Academic bullying slows the evolution of science5
Five ways team leaders can improve research culture5
Author Correction: Solid-state nanopore sensors5
Preventing fibrotic encapsulation5
Looking at education through the microscope5
Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding5
Designing organic mixed conductors for electrochemical transistor applications5
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